


     UUUUUUUUEEEE////UUUUUUUUDDDD((((LLLL))))			 XXXXEEEENNNNIIIIXXXX 3333....0000		    UUUUUUUUEEEE////UUUUUUUUDDDD((((LLLL))))



     NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
	  uue, uud - encode/decode a binary file for transmission via
	  mail

     SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
	  uuuuuuuueeee [	----_n ] _f_i_l_e

	  uuuuuuuudddd [	----dddd ] _f_i_l_e

     DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
	  _u_u_e and _u_u_d are used to send a binary	file via network mail.
	  They are intended to replace the uuencode and	uudecode
	  programmes commonly used for this task. The encoding scheme
	  used is compatible, but extended to provide a	more reliable
	  transfer. Note that while uud	will handle uuencoded files,
	  and uudecode can cope	with uue coding, the extra reliability
	  is only obtained by using both uue and uud.

	  uuuuuuuueeee _f_i_l_e takes the named source file and produces an encoded
	  version in a file named _n_a_m_e....uuuuuuuueeee, where _n_a_m_e is the base
	  name of the input file, truncated to eight characters.

	  uuuuuuuueeee ----_n _f_i_l_e produces a set of	files, each _n lines long,
	  called _n_a_m_e....uuuuuuuuaaaa, _n_a_m_e....uuuuuuuubbbb, ...  _n_a_m_e....uuuuzzzzzzzz. This allows	files
	  to be	split for sending through mailers which	impose upper
	  limits on the	size of	a message, and allows sending small
	  parts	of files over error prone lines. (The command uuuuuuuueeee
	  ----1111555500000000	_f_i_l_e produces sections of about	95k bytes each - a
	  good size to use when	your mailer rejects messages over
	  100k,	the default limit on a number of systems using
	  sendmail).

	  The multiple files produced by this option are not
	  understood by	uudecode, so the option	should not be used if
	  you want to maintain full compatability.

	  uuuuuuuudddd _f_i_l_e reads an encoded file, strips off any leading and
	  trailing lines added by mailers, and recreates the original
	  file with the	specified mode and name. If the	original file
	  was split into parts by uue, the parts may all be placed in
	  _f_i_l_e in the correct order, together with any mail
	  headers/trailers, and	uud will find all the parts in the
	  file.	Alternatively, if the messages are extracted from the
	  mail system into files of the	same names that	uue created,
	  uud will find	them all and re-create the original file.

	  The encoding uses only printing ASCII	characters, and
	  includes the mode and	original name of the file for
	  recreation on	the remote system.

     SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
	  atob(n), compress(L),	uncompress(L), uuencode(5)



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